The Genetics of Humanness
Event Date (Pacific Time):
Friday, Apr 8, 2011 - 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Event Chairs:
Ajit Varki, UC San Diego School of Medicine
Elaine Mardis, The Ohio State University
Event Sessions
Media for each talk can be played by clicking on icons in the "Media" column, or by clicking on the individual talk titles below and then the attachment file at the bottom of the page.
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Welcome | Margaret Schoeninger, University of California, San Diego |
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Introductory Remarks | Ajit Varki, UC San Diego School of Medicine |
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The Orangutan Genome | Elaine Mardis, The Ohio State University |
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Neandertal and Denisovan Genomes | Richard Green , University of California, Santa Cruz |
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Segmental Duplications/Deletions | Evan Eichler, University of Washington School of Medicine |
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Genetic Comparisons of Human and Ape Stem Cells | Alysson Muotri, University of California, San Diego |
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Human Accelerated Regions in the Genome | Katherine Pollard, University of California, San Francisco |
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Uniquely Human Gene Regulation | James Noonan, Yale University |
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Comparing Immune Response Pathways in Primates | Yoav Gilad, The University of Chicago |
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Human-Specific Signaling Networks | Genevieve Konopka, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center |
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Human-Specific Changes in Siglec Genes | Ajit Varki, UC San Diego School of Medicine |
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Closing Remarks | Pascal Gagneux, University of California, San Diego |
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